South Dakota And Iowa Both Rank Dumber Than Minnesota

A new study has come out ranking the 2024 “Dumbest States” in the United States. Minnesota ranked among the smartest while South Dakota and Iowa much further down the list.

There are book smarts and there are street smarts. This study shows that as far as book smarts Minnesota is beating both South Dakota and Iowa.

This doesn't mean that everyone in the Hawkeye and Rushmore states is stupid.

It seems to point out that “income has an enormous impact on educational data.”

Socioeconomic status significantly influences educational outcomes. Areas with higher rates of poverty often have substandard school systems and fewer students who are able to pursue higher education.

According to World Population Review, these are the Top-10 Smartest States 2024

1-Massachusetts
2-Connecticut
3-Maryland
4-Virginia
5-Vermont

6-New Hampshire
7-New Jersey
8-Colorado
9-Minnesota
10-Washington.

Iowa placed median among the states at number 25, while South Dakota was slightly below average, ranking at number 30.

The Top-10 Dummest States were...

41-South Carolina
42-Texas
43-Alabama
44-Oklahoma
45-New Mexico
46-Nevada
47-Arkansas
48-Louisiana
49-Mississippi
50-West Virginia

World Population Review says "The intelligence of each state can be ranked using the following measures: IQ scores, SAT scores, ACT scores, and the percentage of college graduates in each state."